"Thoracic Injuries" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
General or unspecified injuries to the chest area.
| Descriptor ID |
D013898
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C26.891
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| Concept/Terms |
Thoracic Injuries- Thoracic Injuries
- Injuries, Chest
- Chest Injury
- Injury, Chest
- Injuries, Thoracic
- Injury, Thoracic
- Thoracic Injury
- Chest Injuries
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracic Injuries" by people in Profiles.
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Long-term outcomes after blunt injury to the boney thorax: an integrative literature review. J Trauma Nurs. 2013 Jan-Mar; 20(1):56-64; quiz 65-6.
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Cell membrane stretch and chest blow-induced ventricular fibrillation: commotio cordis. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008 Dec; 19(12):1304-9.
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Commotio cordis--sudden cardiac death with chest wall impact. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2007 Jan; 18(1):115-22.
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Timing of endovascular repair of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic transections. J Vasc Surg. 2006 Apr; 43(4):684-8.
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The trauma bay chest radiograph in stable blunt-trauma patients: do we really need it? Am Surg. 2006 Jan; 72(1):31-4.